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7Nov
2005 Debugging Flex ColdFusion Connectivity Tip

If you are trying to debug Flex ColdFusion connectivity issues, then be sure to keep in mind that if you start ColdFusion at the command prompt you'll see a detailed dump of the messages, both in and out. To do this (on Windows):

  1. Make sure that ColdFusion is not running.
  2. Open a command prompt window.
  3. Go to c:\cfusionmx7\bin (or the appropriate folder in your own installation).
  4. Run cfstart.
This one has helped me solve all sorts of problems, from pathing issues to case-sensitivity issues to figuring out exactly what data is being passed as and more.

Comments (3)



  • James Lyon

    A lot easier than net start blah blah.

    Thanks, Ben.

    #1Posted by James Lyon | Nov 8, 2005, 01:56 PM
  • conny

    I am using ColdFusion Report Builder, however, when I use query builder, it show me warning message "This server is not supported. Although you will be able to create a query, you will not able to retrieve query fields for your report.
    and query builder open ...

    And also another warning when I try to save the query in query builder
    "The Report builder was unable to retrieve column information and cannot add in the query fields to the report automatically

    This is the error returned by server:
    Unsupported db operation: SQLMETADATA :

    after press "OK"
    the query builder close without saving anything..

    What should I set to solve this problem ?

    #2Posted by conny | Feb 17, 2006, 01:44 AM
  • Neil

    Thanks, Ben. Works great, even in CF8.

    #3Posted by Neil | May 30, 2008, 10:22 PM